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U.S. says Iran uses hostage diplomacy PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 05 April 2007
AP: The Bush administration accused Iran on Thursday of using hostage diplomacy to boost its status, turning up U.S. criticism after the release of 15 British sailors and marines.
 
Calpers pressed to drop Iran 'terrorism' investments PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Bloomberg: California lawmakers are considering legislation that would force state pension funds to sell billions of dollars of shares in companies doing business with Iran.
 
Iran to hit back at US ‘kidnaps’ PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 18 March 2007
Sunday Times: Iran is threatening to retaliate in Europe for what it claims is a daring undercover operation by western intelligence services to kidnap senior officers in its Revolutionary Guard.
 
Interpol to hunt down Iranian officials – statement PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 March 2007
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 15 – The following is the full text of a statement issued by Interpol on Thursday over its decision to hunt down and arrest six Iranian officials and agents believed to be involved in the 1994 deadly bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires:
 
Interpol to go after Iranian officials over Argentina bombing PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 March 2007
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 15 – Interpol announced on Thursday that it would pursue six Iranian officials and agents over the 1994 deadly bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina.
 
Interpol seeks 6 in Argentine attack PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 March 2007
AP: Iran will appeal Interpol's requests for the arrest of five prominent Iranians and a Lebanese militant sought in connection with Argentina's worst terrorist attack, an Iranian official said Thursday.
 
Iran poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 04 March 2007
Sunday Telegraph: Iran has trained secret networks of agents across the Gulf states to attack Western interests and incite civil unrest in the event of a military strike against its nuclear programme, a former Iranian diplomat has told The Sunday Telegraph.
 
Full text of Bush’s statement on Lebanon violence PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 30 - The following is the full text of a statement by United States President George W. Bush over the recent violence in Lebanon.
 
Iran and Syria blamed for Palestinian war PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 29 January 2007
UPI: Palestinian Authority officials accuse Iran and Syria of pushing the Palestinians toward a civil war, with Hamas taking orders from Tehran and Damascus.
 
Egypt press blames Iran for murder of diplomat PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 28 January 2007
AFP: Iranian intelligence services were responsible for kidnapping and killing Egypt's top diplomat in Iraq two years ago, the state-owned flagship daily Al-Ahram reported Sunday.
 
Terrorism key to Iran's security strategy: US spy chief PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 12 January 2007
AFP: US intelligence supremo John Negroponte Thursday warned that Iran was using "terrorist" operations abroad as a key element of its national security strategy.
 
Key Congressmen urge Interpol to nab "wanted" Iran officials PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 11 January 2007
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 – Key members of the United States Congress wrote a letter to the head of Interpol urging the international security agency to enforce arrest warrants issued by Argentina for several top Iranian officials implicated in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday.
 
U.S. Treasury imposes sanctions on Iran's Bank Sepah PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 January 2007
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 09 – The United States Department of the Treasury blacklisted on Tuesday Iran's Bank Sepah for providing support and services to designated Iranian proliferation firms.
 
Treasury terror official plans Iran announcement PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 January 2007
Reuters: U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey will make an announcement on Iran at a news conference on Tuesday, the Treasury said on Monday.
 
Full text: 209-page U.S. court ruling, Iran's role in Khobar attack PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 28 December 2006
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 28 - The following is the full text of the 209-page ruling by a United States federal judge over the Iranian government's involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia which left 19 U.S. Air Force personnel dead.
 
Iran's spies PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 24 December 2006
Sunday Herald: To British and American intelligence officers, the court appearance on Wednesday of a British soldier on charges of spying for the Iranian regime was not a shock. "We know that the Iranians are crawling all over us - particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq," one UK intelligence source said. "This kind of event has long been expected."
 
Full text: 209-page U.S. court ruling, Iran 1996 Khobar bombing PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 23 December 2006
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 23 - The following is the full text of the 209-page ruling by a United States federal judge over the Iranian government's involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia which left 19 U.S. Air Force personnel dead.
 
Judge faults Iran in '96 bombing PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 23 December 2006
Washington Times: A federal judge in Washington yesterday blamed the Iranian government for the deaths of 19 members of the U.S. Air Force in a 1996 terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia, allowing the victims' families to seek more than $260 million in compensation from the Islamic regime in Tehran.
 
Judge: Iran owes $254M in terror attack PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 December 2006
AP: The Iranian government financed a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 Americans in Saudi Arabia and must pay $254 million to the victims' families, a federal judge ruled Friday.
 
Lebanon's top Sunni cleric slams Iran PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 December 2006
AFP: Lebanon's top Sunni cleric Thursday condemned what he described as Shiite Iran's "blatant intervention" in Lebanese affairs and urged an end to foreign pressure on his country.
 
Blair urges action on Iran PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 December 2006
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 20 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of "openly supporting terrorism in Iraq to stop a fledgling democratic process".
 
Ahmadinejad predicts Israel will disappear 'like USSR' PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted on Tuesday Israel would suffer the same fate as the USSR, as Iran faced a barrage of condemnation for hosting a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust.
 
Iran a 'major threat', says Blair PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
BBC News: Tony Blair has said Iran poses a "major strategic threat" to the Middle East and is "deliberately causing" problems.
 
Haniyeh: Iran pledges $250M in aid PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 11 December 2006
AP: Iran has pledged $250 million in aid to the cash-strapped Hamas-led Palestinian government, the latest sign of increasingly close ties between the Islamic group and Tehran, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Monday.
 
Iran's denial of Holocaust harms Arab cause, Palestine activist tells president PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 10 December 2006
Independent on Sunday: Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has come under attack for his views on the Holocaust from an unexpected quarter - a Palestinian activist recently freed after 18 years in an Israeli jail.
 
Iran calls on Palestinians to continue “resistance” against Israel PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 09 December 2006
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 09 – A senior Iranian cleric called on Palestinians on Friday to continue their “resistance” against Israel.
 
Iran warns Lebanon’s Siniora that his government faces defeat PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 09 December 2006
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 09 – Iran warned the moderate Lebanese government of Fouad Siniora on Friday that it faced defeat at the hands of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
 
Druze leader warns against making Lebanon 'Iranian satellite' PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 08 December 2006
AFP: Hezbollah's campaign of mass protests calling for Lebanon's Western-backed government to resign are part of a wider strategy to turn the country into an "Iranian satellite", Lebanon's anti-Syrian Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said here Thursday.
 
Palestinian premier vows not to recognize Israel PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 08 December 2006
AFP: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya vowed on Friday not to recognize Israel and to continue fighting to liberate Jerusalem, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.
 
Iran president sees Israel 'disappearing' PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 03 December 2006
UPI: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel is an "enemy" created to "penetrate the heart of Muslim land."
 
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